{"id":11326,"date":"2012-05-02T20:45:52","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T01:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=11326"},"modified":"2012-06-21T09:54:44","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T14:54:44","slug":"nycs-back-yard-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2012\/05\/02\/nycs-back-yard-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"~NYC’S BACKYARD . . . BROOKLYN !!"},"content":{"rendered":"

well, r-r-really, WILLIAMSBURG !!<\/p>\n

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\nnew construction going up, everywhere. <\/p>\n

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\nmetal, glass, steel-ly, modern and twisted ? as in unsymmetrical . . . or is that: asymmetrical . . .
\nno diff. it going up. anyways. hey, at least it tapers off, and you can still see that blue blue Brooklyn sky !! <\/p>\n

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\nevery block is like a patchwork quilt. between the new, the old, and the in-between.<\/p>\n

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\nconverted industrial lofts . . . and ground level warehouses. <\/p>\n

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\nthe new construction homes are super clean. blinding-ly white. <\/p>\n

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\nwhat happened to all that ole red clay brick. gone, gone, and more gone.<\/p>\n

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\nunless – it’s gentrified – !!
\nand then it gets the modern sheen, too. super clean, spit polished. power-hosed ?<\/p>\n

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\nbut, KEY ISSUE: you can still turn a corner – and find the graff. <\/p>\n

for now.<\/p>\n

note: the ‘AVAILABLE’ – as in: ‘FOR SALE – KALMON DOLGIN REAL ESTATE’ sign at the left.
\nthe writing’s on the wall, sweet dudes & dudettes. it’s only a matter of time, and it all comes tumbling down.
\nthey should save this block – like the pyramids. as if.
\ndreamer, dream on.<\/p>\n

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\nSHEPARD FAIREY . . . red, white and black.
\nmaking spray paint – look like some kind of simulated ole-time embossed, flocked ? vintage velveteen wallpaper.<\/p>\n

note: the barbed wire running like rusty ole-time – tumbleweed, across the top. and, the (shiny) new construction at the left. (!!)
\nsharp vs. shiny. ouch.
\nin fact, I kinda like how the new buildings – are<\/em> so shiny and white. they work well against the ole-time grit !!
\nand they reflect the sunlight – like nobody’s business. where’s Winslow Homer, when you really need him.
\nit’s just the sad downside is they spell: gentrification. no more grit, or graff.<\/p>\n

better live in the moment, in-between . . . while you can. <\/p>\n

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\nOBEY.<\/p>\n

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\nwhat if, I don’t want to ?<\/p>\n

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\nevery respectable backyard hood – still needs its gas stations . . . and motorcycle mechanics.
\nmotorcycle mechanics – art patrons, no diff.
\nin fact probably better & more important . . . keeping, it real !!
\nand on the streets, Free. and for all . . . where it belongs.
\nSomebody put that wall under a piece of glass. where’s Jeffrey Deitch, when you need him ? <\/p>\n

well seriously, they should – at least landmark it.
\nyou just know – it’s not long for this world. g-e-n-t-r-i-f-i-c-a-t-i-o-n.
\nimagine if the city had let people buy up some of those saturated spray painted, super tagged 70s subway cars . . .
\njust a crazy thought. but for real, they should have at least kept a few choice ones.
\nthat would have been one museum – people would be pouring into, now.
\nprobably be the city’s #1 tourist attraction.
\nbringing in tons of $$$.
\nman, they’d be selling at auction for tens of millions of dollars. no brainer.
\nwhat’d they do, like bury them underwater ?
\nyeah, that was some real forward urban thinking, wasn’t it.
\ntear down a tree, put up a parking lot.<\/p>\n

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\nwow. Brooklyn. what was that ???
\ndid we just go from OBEY to un-OBEY in the space of one block. yes, we did !! <\/p>\n

BROOKLYN – the un-FAIR !! <\/p>\n

PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH. BROOKLYN, NYC. APRIL 29, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

well, r-r-really, WILLIAMSBURG !! new construction going up, everywhere. metal, glass, steel-ly, modern and twisted ? as in unsymmetrical . . . or is that: asymmetrical . . . no diff. it going up. anyways. hey, at least it tapers off, and you can still see that blue blue Brooklyn sky !! every block is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11326"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11326"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12271,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11326\/revisions\/12271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}